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BCMS NEWS BCMS LEGISLATIVE AND
TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO RECEIVES ADVOCACY NEWS
TMA MEDIA AWARD
Attending the
Border Health Con-
ference and repre-
senting BCMS was
Jesse Moss Jr., MD
(left), speaking here
with Congressman
Will Hurd (Texas
District 23).

David Martin Davies (center) of Texas Public Radio was hon- IN MEMORIAM
ored by representatives of BCMS and the Texas Medical Associa-
tion Aug. 11 with a 2015 TMA Anson Jones Award. Davies Edward Livingstone Anderson, MD, died Aug.
received an honorable mention in the in-depth radio category for 1, 2015, at age 89. Dr. Anderson was a U.S. Navy
a special edition of “Texas Matters” entitled “Problems Facing veteran, a family medicine practitioner and a
Texas State-supported Living Centers. Entries were judged on ac- BCMS life member.
curacy, significance, quality, public interest and impact.
Albert Hugo “Doug” Douglass, 65, died June
On hand for the award presentation were (left) Dr. Rajam Ra- 18, 2015. Dr. Douglass was a BCMS member.
mamurthy, a BCMS past president, member of the BCMS Com-
munications/Publications Committee, and member of the TMA Howard Jay Hassell, MD, died July 28, 2015,
Council on Health Promotion, which oversees the Anson Jones at age 72. An orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Hassell was
Awards, and TPR president and CEO Joyce Slocum. a BCMS member.

Tammy Wishard, TMA’s outreach coordinator, and Marcus
Cooper, TMA’s multimedia manager, coordinated and attended
the event.

10TH ANNUAL BORDER HEALTH CONFERENCE HELD IN EL PASO

By Mary E. Nava, MBA
Chief Governmental and Community Relations Officer

The TMA Border Health Caucus, of which BCMS is a member, held its 10th annual meeting Aug. 5-6 in El Paso. This year’s
conference was led by Congressman Beto O’Rourke (Texas District 16), and Manuel Acosta, MD, of El Paso, and Luis Benavides,
MD, of Laredo, chair and co-chair, respectively, of the Border Health Caucus.

Panel discussion topics included: healthy eating and active living; emerging diseases; healthcare literacy; GME; physicians and
new technology; coordination of care; ACA and a post SGR discussion with Congressman Michael Burgess.

For local discussion on this and other legislative topics, consider joining the BCMS Legislative and Socioeconomics Committee
by contacting Mary Nava at Mary.Nava@bcms.org.

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